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The Big Read 2010 Contests

As part of the activities of the Big Read 2010 project, the BA Library Sector announced essay, photo, art, and map contests, around Mark Twain’s novel Huckleberry Finn . Participants can now submit their photos until 30 October 2010, and they can submit their essays, paintings and maps until 15 ...

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“Guidelines for Researchers” Workshop at the BA

The BA Center for Special Studies and Programs (CSSP), in cooperation with The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World, Arab Regional Office (TWAS-ARO), German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Elsevier and the BA Legal Department, holds the “Guidelines for Researchers” workshop from 27 to 30 ...

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The BA Antiquities Museum Launches its New Website

The BA Antiquities Museum launched its new website with a database of more than 1,000 ancient monuments. It is the first museum in Egypt to display most of its holdings online in Arabic, English and French, in addition to historical and artistic introductions on the era to which the antiquities ...

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When We are Married in a Play Reading

The Reference Services Unit is holding its monthly play reading in English on Sunday, 8 August 2010. Participants will read When We are Married by John Boynton Priestley. The play is about three happily-married couples who gather to celebrate the 25 th anniversary of their triple wedding ...

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The BA Working Hours During Ramadan

On the occasion of the month of Ramadan, the BA will be open from Saturday to Thursday, from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm; and on Fridays from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. Regular opening hours will resume after the Feast (Eid al-Fitr). ...

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